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Monday, February 17, 2014

Energy: a Commodity or a Weapon?

http://www.canon-igs.org/en/column/security/20140217_2406.html


The Canon Institute for Global Studies
2014.02.17


Energy: a Commodity or a Weapon?

Research Director

The ongoing revolution in shale gas/oil extraction technologies in the United States could eventually be a game changer in East Asia. However, as seen from Tokyo now, at least some U.S. experts seem to view these phenomena only through their own microscopes and fail to fully comprehend the geopolitical and strategic implications of this technological breakthrough.

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